Ingram Adds Harlequin to its MyiLibrary E-book Platform

NASHVILLE, TN—March 5, 2013—As publishers and libraries develop e-book models to meet patron expectations, more are working with Ingram Content Group and its MyiLibrary platform for its reach and comprehensive title offering. Ingram Content Group announced it will add thousands of popular Harlequin titles to the platform.

“We are pleased to expand our e-book distribution with Ingram to include the MyiLibrary e-book platform, which will enable our titles to be available to more library patrons worldwide,” said Brent Lewis, executive vice president of North American Marketing and Digital at Harlequin.

Harlequin will add more than 12,000 titles to the MyiLibrary platform. Titles will be both frontlist and backlist, nonfiction and fiction titles, and will be from multiple Harlequin imprints. The company will continue to use Ingram’s Lightning Source print-on-demand solution for its print needs.

“As e-book use continues to climb, we’re seeing an increase in the adoption and offering of digital content through our MyiLibrary platform,” said Dan Sheehan, vice president and general manager, Ingram Content Group library services. “Using the platform, Harlequin will expand the reach of its content to the many libraries that are developing digital programs to meet the needs of their patrons.”

Ingram’s MyiLibrary platform, the fastest-growing and most comprehensive online e-content solution for libraries, provides a single source for content hosting, archiving, discovery, access and purchasing. More than 3,000 academic, professional, and public libraries around the world have integrated the platform into daily lending activities, and have access to more than 400,000 titles that cover all major disciplines. Using the platform, library patrons can read content online, or download to a PC, laptop or digital device.

About Harlequin
Harlequin is one of the world’s leading publishers of books for women, with titles issued worldwide in 34 languages and sold in 114 international markets. The company publishes more than 110 titles monthly and more than 1,200 authors from around the world. Harlequin is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corp., a broadly based media company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TS.B). Harlequin has offices in 18 countries, including offices in Toronto, New York, London and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.harlequin.com/store.html.About Ingram
Ingram Content Group is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries Inc. The company provides books, music and media content to over 39,000 retailers, libraries, schools and distribution partners in 195 countries. More than 26,000 publishers use Ingram’s fully integrated physical and digital distribution, logistics, and manufacturing solutions to access global consumer demand, and realize the full business potential of book content. Ingram¹s operating units are Ingram Book Co., Lightning Source, Vital Source Technologies, Ingram Periodicals, Ingram International, Ingram Library Services, Spring Arbor Distributors, Ingram Publisher Services, Tennessee Book Co., Coutts Information Services, and ICG Ventures.
Source: Ingram.